But now he was saying this at the gate in front of a crowd of people coming and going. If he said it all, it would really be a provocation to the imperial power.
And Bai Mingshu wanted to call He Mei her mother. No matter how she spread the word, it would be the Bai family who would be affected in the end.
Bai Minghong breathed a sigh of relief, "My cousin has been on the road for days. Mother, stop blocking the door. Go in quickly and let your cousin have a sip of tea."
He Mei took Ging Guo's hand and said, "Look at me, I'm happy to talk to you. Come on, let's go in and drink tea."
Bai Guo nodded immediately and followed in with a smile.
Pang Yang, who was behind him, was about to walk to the front yard until this moment, but was pulled directly by Bai Minghong, "Brother Pang Pang, tell me, what happened to my cousin on the way? Why are you so protective of her?"
Pang Yang practiced martial arts with the other four people, Bai Minghong and Bai Mingshao. The talent Pang Yang showed during this was admirable, and Bai Minghong kept shouting like this.
The other four people are now following the three men to protect them. Only Pang Yang was selected to practice martial arts from the beginning because of the woman Bai Guo.
And because they were training together, they naturally knew that Pang Yang's current 'not leaving even an inch' posture was too nervous.
Pang Yang shook his head, "Nothing."
The third lady said the scenery is good, that means the scenery is good.
Bai Minghong was angry, "Why can't you even tell me?"
Pang Yang shook his head firmly, "It's nothing."
Bai Mingshao looked at Bai Minghong's behavior with some disdain from two steps away. He had not liked Bai Minghong since he was a child.
He is just a child from the same family. Even if he shows talent in martial arts, he cannot compare with them.
But Bai Minghong always acted extremely close to this person, which lowered the threshold of the Bai family!
Bai Minghong punched Pang Yang directly on the shoulder, "You know how to protect him."
Pang Yang nodded particularly seriously this time, "This is natural."
A slave who does not protect his master is no longer a slave.
Bai Minghong was a little funny. He knew that he really couldn't ask, so he retracted his fist unwillingly, "Your original house was given to those people, but I kept a good one, a single room. How about it? Is it interesting enough? .”
Pang Yang frowned, "I want the original one."
Bai Mingshao smiled sarcastically, "Brother, why are you talking so much? Some people are not born to enjoy..."
"Cousin Ming Shao, won't you come in?" Bai Guo walked out slowly, the veil on his face still not taken off, "The second aunt asked me to call the two cousins in, and I also brought a small gift. Does my cousin like it?"
Bai Mingshao suppressed his harsher words and nodded to Bai Guo with a calm expression, "Cousin, please come out and ask. We'll go in now."
These words were more polite than before.
Most likely it's because of Ginkgo's current position as county chief.
The position of county chief has no real power, no fiefdom, and no granted mansion, but as long as the words "the emperor personally seals it" are enough.
Bai Guo nodded, looked at Pang Yang again, made sure that Pang Yang's expression was normal, and then said to Bai Minghong: "Brother Pang Yang's residence does not need to be specially arranged. Brother Pang Yang will join the army after his second uncle's birthday."
"Join the army?" Bai Minghong was a little surprised, "But isn't Brother Pang Pang your bodyguard? Is there anyone else around you? It just so happens that Fu Nai is on duty with other people, so now it's just right for him to follow you."
Pang Yang's jaw tightened.
Bai Guo shook his head, "Don't worry, cousin, there are still people around me available. Let's go in."
Bai Minghong glanced at Pang Yang suspiciously, and gave Pang Yang a confused look: "Did you make your cousin angry?" '
Pang Yang ignored him.
Bai Minghong didn't get an answer and took a breath. Seeing that Bai Guo was still waiting, he could only follow him in. He just looked back at Pang Yang frequently.
Bai Mingshao and Bai Guo asked cordially, "How is it going smoothly for my cousin along the way? Is there anything interesting happening on the way?"
Bai Guo shook his head, "I saw some scenery on the way, but I didn't see anything interesting. However, I read two books on the way, which told about the customs and customs of Xianguo, which made me particularly yearn for it."
"Xianguo is just a small subsidiary country of our Chengzhou Kingdom. What is my cousin doing reading books about it?"
Bai Mingshao laughed a little, "If my cousin is really interested in other countries, she should also read more books about Hongliang Kingdom. Hongliang Kingdom has the strongest heavy armor soldiers. This is what we Chengzhou Kingdom should learn from. "
Bai Minghong frowned, "That's wrong. Every country has its own style. You can't..."
"Okay, okay, brother, whatever you say will be whatever it is." Bai Mingshao immediately waved his hand to interrupt, as if he didn't care, "cousin, let's go in quickly, mother is still waiting."
Bai Minghong stopped talking and did not show any displeasure. He just said helplessly: "That's right. Let's go in quickly so as not to keep mother waiting."
Ging Guo nodded and went in together.
Bai Mingzheng had just been scolded by He Mei. At this time, his head was drooped. He only moved his ears when he heard the sound of someone coming in, listlessly.
Bai Guo smiled and said, "I just asked Bie Xia to get the meeting gift, Ming Zheng, do you want to see it now?"
Uh-huh!
Bai Mingzheng's round eyes looked exactly at Ging Guo as soon as he raised his head, "Yes!"
Bie Xia buried her head and smiled secretly, handing a small box in her hand to Bai Mingzheng.
Bai Mingzheng carefully opened a small crack. After Kankan could see what was inside, he heard a 'pop' sound and the small box closed!
"Mom, I'll be here soon!" Bai Mingzheng jumped off the chair with the small box in his arms and ran away without looking back.
Seeing his brother's stupidity, Bai Minghong couldn't help but shake his head and asked, "What has my cousin prepared? How can this little fool be so happy?"
He Mei glanced at Bai Minghong disapprovingly, but she was also curious.
Behind Bai Guo, Bie Xia suppressed a smile and heard Bai Guo say: "It's ten cents."
As soon as these words came out, Bai Minghong was stunned at first, and then burst out laughing, his laughter hearty and sweet.
Bai Mingshao couldn't help but smile.
This little fool...
He Mei covered her mouth with a handkerchief and chuckled. After laughing enough, she said: "At this age, you love to eat sweets. If you don't care about him, your teeth will be broken."
Bai Guo smiled in recognition, "Ten cents is enough for him to buy less than half a tael. It sweetens his mouth and saves him from saying that I, my cousin, will not kiss him."
Bai Minghong couldn't stop laughing, and after a while he said: "Even if you sell him, you can still coax him with a piece of candy."
He Mei was also a little helpless towards her youngest son.
Bai Guo took out two other greeting gifts, "This is for cousin Minghong, and this is for cousin Mingshao."
The two small boxes were exactly the same, but they were larger than the one given to Bai Mingzheng.
Opening it, there was a Hetian jade hairpin about five inches inside. It looked simple but gave off a somewhat gentle and noble temperament.
"The two identical ones I saw in Kyoto were dedicated to my two cousins." Bai Guo said with a smile.
He Mei took a closer look and found that the two were exactly the same, which was rare among Hetian jade.
Although he didn't like his child using the same thing as a concubine, he also knew that as a cousin, Gingguo couldn't favor one thing over another.
"It looks really good, but it will cost my cousin a lot of money." Bai Minghong was a little embarrassed.
Hetian jade hairpins are expensive, let alone two identical ones.
"My birthday gift will be in a few days, cousin, why are you so anxious?" Bai Guo raised his eyebrows slyly, making He Mei beside him laugh so hard.
"Yes, Hong'er, why are you so anxious? The birthdays in the second half of the year are all next to each other." He Mei calculated, "Your father's birthday is on the 13th of July, Zhenzhen's is on the fourth of August, and your brother's is on the 13th of July. August 15th.”
In fact, there are also Bai Mingshu who is born on September 17th and Bai Mingxia who is born on September 9th.
What Ging Guo also knows is Pang Yang's birthday on October 24th.
Her second aunt congratulated her sister on her birthday on December 25th.
The family's younger sister Bai Mingzhi and younger brother Bai Minglei were born on November 18th.
These are all for the second half of the year.
Bai Minghong was quite regretful, "My birthday has just passed, so I can't let my cousin give me another birthday gift."
His birthday is June 18th, just one day later than the Queen Mother.
Bai Mingshao remained silent. His birthday was on the ninth day of February.
"Cousin Minghong just accepted my meeting gift and started thinking about my birthday gift again." Bai Guo joked: "I don't dare to stay here anymore."
Bai Minghong chuckled a few times, "It's my fault, I should mention it later."
The whole room burst into laughter again.
After lunch, Ging Guo went back to Tuan Bao Yuan, where he had lived for ten years, to rest.
Tuan Bao Yuan sounds like a place where children live, but in fact the old lady cares for Ging Guo.
The inside had already been cleaned, and everyone had rearranged the place before Ging Guo came back, so Ging Guo didn't feel any discomfort.
In the afternoon, Bai Yujing came back earlier than Bai Yutang was on duty. Bai Guo was playing games with Bai Mingzheng.
"Zhenzhen is here." Bai Yujing smiled when she saw Bai Guo.
In the first year after he was named the county head, Ging Guo came to congratulate him on his birthday, saying that he was very respectable among his old friends.
You must know that Ging Guo is the emperor's favorite county boss with a different surname, and the titles are all happiness.
Bai Guo stood up and saluted, "Second uncle."
Bai Yujing smiled even more happily, "Sit down, sit down, you are the head of the county now, how can you salute your second uncle?"
"You also have to pay respects to your grandmother and parents at home. Second uncle doesn't have to worry about it." Bai Guo said with a smile: "This status is only for others to see. Our family will naturally do whatever is comfortable for us."
Bai Yujing laughed and said, "Yes, my family will naturally do whatever makes them feel comfortable."
After dinner that day, Bai Guo went to Bai Yujing's study and proposed that Pang Yang next to him be sent to the army, and to the Tiger Army.
Bai Yujing looked at Bai Guo in surprise, "This Pang Yang is a good man. Do you really want to send him to join the army? Then who will protect you?"
There is another Fu Nai in the house who was trained before, but he is not comparable to Pang Yang.
Pang Yang was extremely talented. Nine out of ten times his master praised others, it was because of Pang Yang.
And why would such a powerful person be sent into the army if he didn't stay by his side to protect him?
"There is no war this year, and the army has not forced recruitment. Tell your second uncle, is this person arrogant and arrogant?"
Bai Yujing looked serious, but Bai Guo laughed.
Pang Yangke has nothing to do with being aloof and arrogant.
"Of course not. Don't worry, second uncle. I have someone protecting me. Letting him join the army will naturally be of great use to me."
It has not yet been decided whether or when a war will take place, and Ging Guo cannot say directly.
"It's just that if we don't recruit people now, I can't send him in. I have to ask my second uncle for help." Bai Guo looked at Bai Yujing with a pleading look.
Bai Yujing did not agree immediately, "It is not difficult to go in during this time and join the Tiger Army, but you have to tell my second uncle that this is the emperor's intention?"
